Strainer.



W. E. AKERS.

STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5, 1910.

1,020,869. Patented Mar. 19,1912.

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WILLIE E. AKERS, 0F FAIRFAX, OKLAHOMA.

STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Application filed August 5, 1910. Serial No. 575,761.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIE E. AKnRs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Fairfax, in the county of Osage and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to strainers, and it has for an object to provide a device of this character embodying a novel form of support and a novel form of supporting element for the foraminous bottom member of the strainer, the parts being designed for de tachable association with each other so that the foraminous bottom-forming member can be conveniently removed when it is desired to clean the same.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :-Figure 1 is a detail vertical section through my improved strainer. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof showing the agitator in an open position.

My improved strainer consists of a supporting member 1 which is preferably of angle form. The member is formed in ring-like manner and it is split as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The terminals of the member are formed to provide ears 2 through which the threaded clamping element 3 extends. The flange 1 of the member 1 extends inwardly and it fits in the groove 5 of the annular retaining member 6 for the foraminous bottom 7. The bottom 7 is of bowl-form and it may be made of any suitable wire gauze or any other material which may be found most desirable for the purpose intended. From the construction described it will be seen that the element 6 is detachably engaged with the supporting member 1 so that the former may be readily disengaged from the latter when it is desired to clean the bottom.

The device is intended particularly as a strainer for paints or paste and in view thereof, I employ an agitator 8 which con-- sists of a revolubly mounted shaft 9 which has one of its ends revolubly mounted in a hingedly connected socket 10 on the support 1. The opposite end of the handle fits in a groove 11 in the vertical flange of the support 1 and outwardly of such groove the shaft is formed to provide a crank handle 12. Agitating arms 13 are supported by the shaft 9 and they are curved throughout to conform with the shape of the bottom 7.

In operation, the support 1 is placed over a receiving vat or receptacle and the liquid or material to be strained is poured into the strainer. After this the shaft 9 is revolved to create the desired agitation of the material and to cause it to flow freely through the bottom 7.

To prevent displacement of the crank end of the handle, I provide a keeper 1 1 having a spring-pressed bolt 15 which extends across the shaft 9 at one side of the opening 11 and immediately beside the stop collar 16 on the shaft.

From the construction of the shaft 9 and the manner of connecting it with the support 1, it will be seen that when the operator desires he may remove the shaft for the purpose of cleaning the agitator and for allowing for the convenient removal of the bottom 7.

I claim The combination with a strainer having a peripheral grooved portion; of a split supporting ring of angle iron form having a base flange portion removably fitting in the groove of the strainer, means for holding the ends of the said split ring closed against each other, the said ring having a vertical groove therein at one end and being provided at its opposite side with a pivoted socket member, an agitating shaft having one end removably fitted in the socket member and having its opposite end extending between the walls of the said groove and formed immediately at one side of the groove to provide a stop collar which engages the ring to hold the shaft against displacement from the socket member, and a keeper mounted on the ring and extending across the agitating shaft immediately at one side of the said stop member and operating to hold the shaft against displacement from the groove.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIE E. AKERS.

Witnesses H. H. Roonon, C. E. ASHBROOK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingothe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

